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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 16-Jan-2026 08:11 ET (16-Jan-2026 13:11 GMT/UTC)

6-Jan-2026

Researchers achieve the first minimally invasive coronary artery bypass

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

10-Dec-2025

NIH-led study reveals role of mobile DNA elements in lung cancer progression

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

8-Dec-2025

Researchers find genetic basis for important risk factor in blinding eye disease

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

17-Sep-2025

Repeated head impacts cause early neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

12-Sep-2025

Acupuncture treatment improves disabling effects of chronic low back pain in older adults

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

10-Sep-2025

Treating opioid addiction in jails improves treatment engagement, reduces overdose deaths and reincarceration

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

3-Sep-2025

One dose of antibiotic treats early syphilis as well as three doses

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

21-Aug-2025

Phantom limb study rewires our understanding of the brain

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

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NIH Funded Research News

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 16-Jan-2026 08:11 ET (16-Jan-2026 13:11 GMT/UTC)

16-Jan-2026

Study finds so-called super agers tend to have at least two key genetic advantages

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

16-Jan-2026

First-in-human drug trial lowers high blood fats

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Peer-Reviewed Publication

16-Jan-2026

New 3D imaging system could address limitations of MRI, CT and ultrasound

Keck School of Medicine of USC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

15-Jan-2026

Decline in U.S. nursing home capacity since COVID-19: Rural areas hit hardest

University of Rochester Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

15-Jan-2026

Fathers’ early interactions with babies may affect child health years later

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

15-Jan-2026

Breast cancer risk markers linked to physical activity in adolescent girls

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

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